The monastery of Santa María de Nogales (Spanish: Monasterio de Santa María de Nogales) was a Cistercian

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...

in Spain. Its ruins still exist in the environs of San Esteban de Nogales. Several important figures are buried there, including Sancha Ponce de Cabrera,

Pedro Ponce de Cabrera Pedro Ponce de Cabrera (died 1248/1254), was a magnate from the Kingdom of León, son of Ponce Vela de Cabrera and his wife Teresa Rodríguez Girón, daughter of Rodrigo Gutiérrez Girón and his first wife María de Guzmán. From his marriag ...

and his wife

Aldonza Alfonso de León Aldonza Alfonso de León (c. 1215–1266) was an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until hi ...

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